bumpier; bumpiest
1
: having or covered with bumps
2
a
: marked by bumps or jolts
b
: marked by or full of difficulties
Examples of bumpy in a Sentence
The road is very bumpy.
the bumpy skin of a cucumber
The flight was very bumpy.
The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.
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Though the friend and Kocher muscled through the bumpy quarter mile, Beckley refused for the sake of his brand new expensive triathlon bike.
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025
Travis, who is likely to retire from the NFL at the end of this season, his 13th, reflected on the bumpy ride the Chiefs endured this season.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
After an arduous and bumpy takeoff, Palantir went public in 2020.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Savannah was crowned the winner of Survivor 49, beating Sophi Balerdi and Sage Ahrens-Nichols by a vote of 5-2-1, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some bumpy moments along the way.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025
Travis, who is likely to retire from the NFL at the end of this season, his 13th, reflected on the bumpy ride the Chiefs endured this season.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
After an arduous and bumpy takeoff, Palantir went public in 2020.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Savannah was crowned the winner of Survivor 49, beating Sophi Balerdi and Sage Ahrens-Nichols by a vote of 5-2-1, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some bumpy moments along the way.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Bumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumpy. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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